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Platelet-rich plasma is an autologous biologic injectate that can be considered as an alternative treatment for greater trochanteric pain syndrome.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"case-presentation\">\n                    <jats:title>Case Presentation<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We present three patients with clinically diagnosed greater trochanteric bursitis who underwent fluoroscopically guided platelet-rich plasma injections after failing conservative treatment options. The first patient was a woman in her 50s with left greater trochanteric bursitis who had failed physical therapy, a home exercise program, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and muscle relaxants. Two previous corticosteroid injections provided approximately two months and three weeks of relief, respectively. Following a platelet-rich plasma injection into the left greater trochanteric bursa, she reported 50% sustained pain relief at three-month follow-up. The second patient was a woman in her 40s with bilateral greater trochanteric bursitis who had failed physical therapy, a home exercise program, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and duloxetine. A previous corticosteroid injection provided only one week of relief. Following bilateral fluoroscopically guided platelet-rich plasma injections, she reported 70% sustained pain relief at six-week follow-up. The third patient was a man in his 50s with left greater trochanteric bursitis diagnosed clinically and supported by magnetic resonance imaging. He had failed physical therapy, a home exercise program, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and was not interested in corticosteroid injections. An initial platelet-rich plasma injection provided 25% improvement at four-week follow-up. A second injection was performed two weeks later, after which he reported 85% sustained pain relief at three-month follow-up. No complications were reported in any patient.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"conclusion\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Fluoroscopically guided platelet-rich plasma injections were associated with clinically meaningful pain improvement in three patients with refractory greater trochanteric bursitis. Two patients experienced moderate improvement after a single treatment, while one patient demonstrated a substantially greater response following a second injection. These cases suggest that platelet-rich plasma may be considered in carefully selected patients who have experienced limited benefit from corticosteroid injections or wish to avoid corticosteroid exposure.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.52965\/001c.171752","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,7]],"date-time":"2026-10-07T20:18:53Z","timestamp":1791404333000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Platelet-Rich Plasma Injections for Refractory Greater Trochanteric Bursitis: A Three-Patient Case Series"],"prefix":"10.52965","volume":"18","author":[{"given":"Jamal","family":"Hasoon","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/03gds6c39","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston","department":["Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Preethash","family":"Sundar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/05gq02987","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"Brown University","department":["School of Public Health"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Omar","family":"Viswanath","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Christopher L","family":"Robinson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alan D","family":"Kaye","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alaa","family":"Abd-Elsayed","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ivan","family":"Urits","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"30777","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,7]]},"reference":[{"issue":"21","key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"10804","DOI":"10.3390\/ijms262110804","article-title":"Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP): Molecular Mechanisms, Actions and Clinical Applications in Human Body","volume":"26","author":"W. 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